STUDY in HOLLAND is GETTING MORE POPULAR 留学荷兰渐成热门

05 Sep 2008

The number of Chinese students who wants to study in the Netherlands has increased by 30% compared with last year. It exceeds the growth of any other European study destinations.

This has been established by Neso China. The amount of applicants for studying in Holland for the period 2008-2009 rose by the end of August to around 2500. This means an increase around 30% compared to the previous academic year. According to the experience, over 80% will leave for Holland in the coming period. It marks that students from China have become the second largest group of foreign students in the Netherlands after the students from Germany. Business, Engineering, Art and Humanities are the most popular programmes for Chinese students. Law, Architecture and Agriculture are also enlisted in the top selected majors.

According to Mr. Jacques van Vliet, director of Neso China, the following reasons play a role:

  • High quality of higher education

Dutch higher education enjoys a good fame for its excellence in teaching and   researches. 11 Dutch universities rank among the world top 200 on the Times HES 2007 Ranking

  • Around 1400 English taught programmes for Chinese students to choose from, which makes the Netherlands the leader in English courses of non- English speaking countries. Chinese students need not to learn Dutch to study and live well in the Netherlands, since also practically all Dutch people speaks English.
  • The cost of studying and living in Holland is quite moderate and competitive comparing with other main study destinations. If taking the quality education into consideration; studying in Holland is highly cost effective.
  • The Netherlands is an open, multicultural society with a big Chinese community. From past experience, Chinese students easily adapt in this society.
  • The Chinese graduates will have one year to find a job, and once they have found it, they are feasible to get a work permit for 5 years. So not only the foreign diploma is important, more and more also the foreign work experience; and the Netherlands offers such a possibility. Since the application of the policy from the end of 2007, positive feedback came from the Netherlands, “The Chinese students are often the top of the bill and excellent candidates for vacancies in the Dutch labor market”.
  • Neso China is now 7 years active in China, through the continuous efforts, more and more people learn to know the benefits of Dutch higher education. Neso rencently launched the Go West Campaign to improve the Sino-Dutch education exchanges in the western areas of China.

The latest good message for Chinese students is that since September 1, 2008, TOEFL iBT will be formally accepted in the application, it means students will have more options to study abroad with less effort in language test preparation. Neso China will reach out to an even larger audience, and a further increase is to be expected.

 

More information on this press release please call Mr. Rick YAN (13910638642), deputy director of Neso China; or Director Jacques van Vliet (13911320581)

与去年同期相比，赴荷兰留学的中国学生人数增长了30%。这个比例超过了其他任何一个欧洲留学目的地国家的增长幅度。

该数据已经得到了荷兰高等教育国际交流协会中国办公室的官方确认。截止到2008年8月底的统计显示，2008-2009年度申请荷兰大学的中国学生人数大概是2500人 -- 与上一年度同期相比，有了30%的增长。根据之前的数据，这些申请人约有80%会在下一个学年度抵达荷兰留学。这也意味着中国学生目前已经成为仅次于德国学生的第二大在荷留学生群体。在专业选择上，商务管理、工程和艺术人文类专业最为中国学生所青睐；与此同时，法律、建筑和农业也紧随其后，成为热门的专业。

荷兰高等教育国际交流协会中国办公室的总代表，雅克·方复礼先生认为，作为一个极具吸引力的留学之地，荷兰越来越受中国学生欢迎，其主要原因包括：

  • 高质量的高等教育

荷兰高等教育凭其在教学和研究领域的卓越成就在世界上享有盛名。在2007年的泰晤士世界大学排名榜中，荷兰共有11所大学名列世界200强。

  • 近1400种可供中国学生选择的全英文授课课程，使荷兰成为了非英语国家中开设英文课程最多的国家，加上几乎所有的荷兰人都能够讲流利的英文，因此中国学生不需要学习荷兰语就可以在荷兰很方便地学习和生活。
  • 在荷兰学习与生活的成本比较适中，与其他主要的留学目的地国家相比非常具有竞争力。如果同时考虑到荷兰高质量的教育资源，留学荷兰的性价比相当高。
  • 荷兰以开放并且多元文化交融的社会而著称，中国群体的数量也十分庞大的。从以往经验来看，中国留学生很容易适应并且融入当地社会。
  • 根据最新颁布的移民政策，中国学生从荷兰高校毕业之后，可以有1年的时间在当地找工作。一经找到工作，并与雇主签署长期合同，就可以得到在当地的工作许可。社会舆论普遍认为，海外文凭固然重要，但是海外的工作经验也同样重要，而荷兰恰恰为中国学生提供了获取海外学习和工作经验的机会。自从2007年底该项新政策实施以来，荷兰方面的反馈令人欣喜：“中国毕业生通常是荷兰劳动力市场上最有竞争力的群体之一”。

荷兰高等教育国际交流协会进入中国已经有7年时间了。经过不断的努力，已经有越来越多的中国学生开始了解到荷兰高等教育的优势。中国办公室最近又发起了“西进计划”旨在更一步增进中荷高等教育在西部地区的交流与合作。

对于中国申请者来说，最新的利好消息是，自2008年9月1日开始，新托福将被引入荷兰留学的相关申请程序。这就意味着中国学生在申请赴荷兰学习时有了更多的灵活性，同时也减少了一部分学生准备语言考试的负担。随着众多新政策的实施，预期明年荷兰大学的申请增长率将会进一步增长。

 

关于本新闻的更多信息请联系：

方复礼 先生， 荷兰高等教育国际交流协会中国办公室（Neso China）首席代表

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